Hinge structure for seal-holders and the like.



T. G. WARE. HINGE STRUCTURE FOR SEAL HOLDERS AND THE LIKE. APPLICATIONFILED MAR.20,1912.

1,040,821 Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

B 6276, INVENTOR, WITNESSES ATTORN EY THOMAS C. WARE, OF TISHOMINGO,OKLAHOIIA.

HINGE STRUCTURE FOR SEAL-HOLDERS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 19172.

Application filed March 20, 1912. Serial No. 685,046.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. ane, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tishomingo, in the county of Johnston and State of Oklahoma,have invented a new and useful Hinge Structure for Seal-Holders and theLike, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in seal holders and thelike, and more especially to hinge structures for the same, and itsobject is to provide a device which may be readily carried in a watchpocket.

In accordance with the present invention the device comprises twomembers which may be generally similar in shape, hinged together at oneend, said hinge being provided with a ring by which the device may besecured to a watch chain or the like, said ring serving to hold thehinge pivot or pintle in place.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, with thefurther understanding that while the drawings show an operative form ofthe device the invention is not limited to any strict conformity withthe drawings, but may assume other embodiments that do not mark anymaterial departure from the salient features of the invention.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodyingthe present invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2 with distant parts omitted.Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4:-tl: of Fig. 2. F i 5 is a section onthe line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a top member 1 and a bottommember 2 comprising the main portion of the device. The two members areillustrated as substantially circular in outline with a radial extension3, 4:, respectively, on one side. The outline of the parts is notconfined to that shown, for the structure may have any desiredconfiguration and any amount of ornamentation that the designer maywish. The member 2 has what may be termed the outer face flattened, asindicated at 5, so that the memher will lie upon a Hat support, such asa table top, while the correspomling face of the member 1 may berounded, as indicated at (3 for the purpose of distinction, so that thedevice is readily placed upon a support with the proper memberuppermost. The member I; is usually formed with a countersunk portion 7on what may be termed the inner face, which countm-sunk portion isdesigned to receive a seal 8 such as is custoinarily employed bynotarics public and other o'llicials. At the extremity of the radialextension 3 there are formed laterally extending tongues 9 in spacedrelation one to the other and defining a shoulder 10 between them. Themember 2 has at the extremity of the extension 4t a laterally CX-tending tongue 11 flanked on opposite sides by shoulders 12, the tongues9 and 11 being so related that the tongue 11 will enter between thetongues 9 with the outer ends of the tongues 9 so related to theshoulders 12 and the outer end of the tongue 11 so related to theshoulder 10 as to each engage a respective shoulder under circumstancesto be described.

Extending through the tongues 9 and 11 are matching holes for a pivotpin 13 which latter is of a length to entirely traverse the intermediatetongue 11 and to but partially traverse each of the tongues 9, and theouter ends of the pivot pin holes in the tongues 9 are counterbored forthe reception of the ends of an open ring 14 so constructed as to springinto these enlarged ends of the holes to thereby close them and lock thepivot pin in place and at the same time the ring 14; constitutes asupport for the device by which it may be readily attached to a watchchain or other like carrying means typified in Fig. 1 of the drawings bya swivel snap hook 15.

The tongues 9 and 11 are so secured together and are so related that thetwo 1nembers 1 and 2 may be brought with their inner faces closetogether, but still spaced slightly apart, the slight spacingaccommodating the seal 8, while the free ends of the tongues 9 and 11are so related to the corresponding shoulders 12 and 1.0 that the twomom hers may be swung apart about the pin 13 until the ends remote fromthe pivot pin are spaced about a half inch apart, this giving ample roomfor the introduction between the two members of the paper to beimpressed, while at the same time excessive separation of the free endsof the two members l and 2 is prevented.

What is claimed is 1. In a device of the character described two membershaving like radial extensions, one terminating in a lateral tongue andthe other in two spaced lateral tongues between which the tongue of thefirst-named extension is adapted to fit, and all the tongues beingprovided with alining holes with the outer ends of the holes in the twospaced tongues counterbored, a pivot pin traversing the first-namedtongue and the ends of said pin entering the holes in the spaced tonguesto substantially the counterbores, said pin operating as a hinge pintlefor connecting the two members together, and an incomplete sustainingring exterior to said members and having its ends entering thecounterbores in the outer ends of the spaced tongues and there lodgedadjacent the ends of the pivot pin to hold the latter from accidentaldisplacement.

2. In a device of the character described, a hinge structurecomprisingtwo coacting hinge members provided with alined holes having the outerends counterbored, a pivot pin lodged in the holes and of a length toextend substantially to the counterbores, said pin operating as a hingepintle for con necting the two hinge members together, and an incompletesustaining ring exterior to said hinge members and having its endsentering the counter-bores and there lodged adjacent the ends of thepivot pin to hold the latter from accidental displacement.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS C. \VARE. Witnesses:

M. G. LOWRY, GEO. M. LOWRY.

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